The Resource Crime novels : American noir of the 1930s and 40s
Crime novels : American noir of the 1930s and 40s
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The item Crime novels : American noir of the 1930s and 40s represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Farmington Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "This adventurous volume, with its companion devoted to the 1950s, presents a rich vein of modern American writing too often neglected in mainstream literary histories. Evolving out of the terse and violent hardboiled style of the pulp magazines, noir fiction expanded over the decades into a varied and innovative body of writing. Tapping deep roots in the American literary imagination, the novels in this volume explore themes of crime, guilt, deception, obsessive passion, murder, and the disintegrating psyche. With visionary and often subversive force they create a dark and violent mythology out of the most commonplace elements of modern life. The raw power of their vernacular style has profoundly influenced contemporary American culture and writing. Far from formulaic, they are ambitious works which bend the rules of genre fiction to their often experimental purposes"--Book jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 990 p.
- Contents
-
- The postman always rings twice / James M. Cain
- They shoot horses, don't they / Horace McCoy
- Thieves like us / Edward Anderson
- The big clock / Kenneth Fearing
- Nightmare alley / William Lindsay Gresham
- I married a dead man / Cornell Woolrich
- Isbn
- 9781883011468
- Label
- Crime novels : American noir of the 1930s and 40s
- Title
- Crime novels
- Title remainder
- American noir of the 1930s and 40s
- Title variation
- American noir of the 1930s and 40s
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This adventurous volume, with its companion devoted to the 1950s, presents a rich vein of modern American writing too often neglected in mainstream literary histories. Evolving out of the terse and violent hardboiled style of the pulp magazines, noir fiction expanded over the decades into a varied and innovative body of writing. Tapping deep roots in the American literary imagination, the novels in this volume explore themes of crime, guilt, deception, obsessive passion, murder, and the disintegrating psyche. With visionary and often subversive force they create a dark and violent mythology out of the most commonplace elements of modern life. The raw power of their vernacular style has profoundly influenced contemporary American culture and writing. Far from formulaic, they are ambitious works which bend the rules of genre fiction to their often experimental purposes"--Book jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
-
- 813/.087208052
- 808.83/872
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS648.D4
- LC item number
- C695 1997
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1892-1977
- 1897-1955
- 1905-1969
- 1902-1961
- 1909-1962
- 1903-1968
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
-
- Cain, James M.
- McCoy, Horace
- Anderson, Edward
- Fearing, Kenneth
- Gresham, William Lindsay
- Woolrich, Cornell
- Series statement
- The library of America
- Series volume
- 94
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Noir fiction, American
- Detective and mystery stories, American
- American fiction
- Crime
- Label
- Crime novels : American noir of the 1930s and 40s
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 983-990)
- Contents
- The postman always rings twice / James M. Cain -- They shoot horses, don't they / Horace McCoy -- Thieves like us / Edward Anderson -- The big clock / Kenneth Fearing -- Nightmare alley / William Lindsay Gresham -- I married a dead man / Cornell Woolrich
- Control code
- ocm36372337
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 990 p.
- Isbn
- 9781883011468
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 97002485
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)36372337
- Label
- Crime novels : American noir of the 1930s and 40s
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 983-990)
- Contents
- The postman always rings twice / James M. Cain -- They shoot horses, don't they / Horace McCoy -- Thieves like us / Edward Anderson -- The big clock / Kenneth Fearing -- Nightmare alley / William Lindsay Gresham -- I married a dead man / Cornell Woolrich
- Control code
- ocm36372337
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 990 p.
- Isbn
- 9781883011468
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 97002485
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)36372337
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